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HN predictably tearing him apart for his pricing and marketing.

If you haven't heard of fireship, do this instead of complaining about his prices:

1. Watch a few videos on his YouTube for free (https://m.youtube.com/c/fireship)

2. If you enjoy it, subscribe/watch more.

3. If you really like it and want to take his courses then pay for a membership.

This guy can get information on a new topic into my brain faster than anyone on YouTube, while keeping me entertained and enjoying every minute of it. His code report videos are so entertaining (but less technical) that my non programmer wife likes to watch them.

I'm glad he can make a living at this. He's put thousands of hours of labor into producing fantastic content for free. I was happy to pay a fraction of a days pay to buy a lifetime membership to support his years of work, but if you don't like it don't buy it.

High quality technical content is important to me, and I'm thankful whenever those creators find a way to eat without being totally subservient to google's algorithms.

[resurge]

I discovered Fireship and Jack Herrington[1][2] only last month.

I normally never subscribe to channels on Youtube but these 2 are so good for both getting a clear explanation on what you want to learn and keeping up-to-date with what's to come.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/@jherr

[2]: https://www.jackherrington.com/

[beezlewax]

Jack puts out great content on react and typescript at a level much more aligned with what people might want to know in their day jobs using react.

[Zababa]

I'll second the quality of his videos. I'm usually not a fan of stuff like that, because they tend to be not very precise, but he knows his stuff, and is able to compress it in a very short amount of time. Part of it is infotainement, but it's probably the best I've seen.

[Uptrenda]

Looks like he actually puts effort into his videos. I am so sick of YouTube normies who literally just steal others content and add their 'reactions' to it with a click bait title. It's not 'fair use' in my opinion. They are just stealing other's work because they're too mediocre to do anything original themselves. Yet these very same people end up making tons of money on YouTube. Going to guess none of that goes back to the people whose content they steal. It can also be complicated if they're doing stuff like streaming video games because ultimately they don't own any of the game's assets. So are they really entitled to make money from that or not? I think it's an interesting question.

[dartharva]

I haven't seen that happening to tech/tutorial channels. Most of the categories where such kind of drama happens aren't worth watching on the first place.

[mackatap]

Mr beast has talked about this, and it almost always is beneficial for the person who's content is getting "stolen". You aren't losing views, you are gaining exposure. Your channel grows because of this, not shrinks.

[megax]

I came across Fireship on YouTube about a year ago. In my opinion, he is by far one of the better dev-centric YouTubers out there. Unlike the typical dev screencasts that are dry and boring, his videos are entertaining, informative, and succinct.

The primary reason I subscribed to his Pro lifetime membership was to support him as a content creator. However, after consuming several of his full-access courses, I enjoyed and found real value in his matter of fact, rapid-paced delivery of content.

Jack, if you’re reading this - please don’t let the negative comments here discourage you. Many of us are fans, and know that we support what you’re doing for the dev community.

[Abishek_Muthian]

I agree with you completely and I specifically want to complement his graphics design and editing skills in his videos.

IMO, Every YouTuber should also host their content on their website instead if relying upon conformist algorithms for Ads & Scammy sponsors; I've seen neither on Fireship videos, Besides he offers more value through his website.

Fireship person, More power to you as a fellow indie; Don't pay much attention to those who would praise a $999 monitor stand from a Trillion $ company but ask why an indie charges $30 for a living.

[djmips]

I'm glad to have found his youtube channel. But like mentioned elsewhere his 'sell' was that project oriented was better for teaching than videos but you can't actually try anything before you buy even though it says 'start free'.